Letter 7002: The moment a familiar opportunity to write presented itself, I didn't hesitate to put my longing for you on paper.
The moment a familiar opportunity to write presented itself, I didn't hesitate to put my longing for you on paper. Take heart from knowing I'm well, look after your own health, and in the meantime soothe the ache of my absence with the pleasure of letters. Farewell.
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Latin / Greek Original
Vbi primum scribendi mihi ad vos copiam familiaris ingessit occasio, non distnli
15 desiderium tui scriptione testari, ut salutis meae certus tuam «ures et subinde absen-
tiam meam litteraria voluptate soleris. vale.
m a. 399—402.
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